Review: Moshi Luna keyboard for Mac offers backlit keys, stylish design
If there’s one thing I miss from my old MacBook Pro, it’s the backlit keyboard, which let me easily see keys in the dark—being a morlock, a dimly lit room is my preferred work environment. Moshi’s $100 Luna is a USB desktop keyboard with a similar feature: It has backlit, illuminated keys, similar to those found on Apple’s MacBook Air and MacBook Pro keyboards.
The Luna is a full-size, 109-key keyboard with a glossy-black finish surrounded, around the edges, by clear acrylic. The keyboard is angled downward at a nine-degree angle that can’t be adjusted, so if you prefer a flat typing surface, this may not be the keyboard for you. Having said that, I have no complaints about the keyboard’s angle—I found it fairly neutral for my usual typing position and I didn’t experience any difficulty using it for long periods.
Part of the reason for this comfort is that the Luna is a low-profile keyboard, with a key feel not terribly different from Apple’s current keyboards. Underneath the keys are scissor-switch mechanisms, which help produce a smooth, short keystroke with a soft touch. The Luna lacks the sharp, tactile response of a mechanical keyboard such as Matias’s Tactile Pro, but using the Luna is an easy transition for people accustomed to the membrane-style keyboards found on Apple’s products. The keyboard is also quiet, making it well-suited for work in a shared space.
Unlike many keyboards in this price range, the wired Luna keyboard lacks pass-through USB ports of its own, so if you have other devices you’re planning to plug in, you’ll need to use one of your Mac’s USB ports instead.
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